http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/georgetownu/ en-us Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:39:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971913/posts First Muslim Congressman Speaks of Faith, Change Minnesota Democrat Says Norway Good Model for U.S. By Natalie Lescroart | Feb 15 2008 The nation’s first Muslim congressman called for political change and spoke about how his faith has affected his job in a speech Tuesday at the Georgetown University Law Center. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told a packed crowd at the Gewirz Student Center that “the time is now” for political change and reworking. Ellison, a freshman congressman, is the first African-American to represent Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and sits on the Financial Services... The Hoya.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971913/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905267/posts Tyler Savage: he is fed through a tube in his stomach A boy of 12 suffers from so many allergies that he is able to eat only five foods. Tyler Savage is violently ill every time he is given dishes containing dairy products or wheat, gluten, eggs, lactose and soya. The sole foods he is allowed are chicken, carrots, grapes, potatoes and apples. To help him survive, minerals and vitamins are pumped directly into his stomach through a tube. Tyler started to fall ill at the age of six when even a morsel of food would leave him writhing... The Evening Standard, London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905267/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:51:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904359/posts SHOCKER: Catholic Georgetown U. Will Now Fund Law Students to Lobby for Abortion Oldest Catholic university in U.S. By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A change of policy at Georgetown University Law Center will permit the university - which is the oldest Catholic university in the nation - to give grants to students who lobby for abortion for agencies such as Planned Parenthood.   The Hoya, the Georgetown University newspaper, reports on its front page today about the policy change. The policy change was announced September 7 by Law Center Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff in a letter... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904359/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:08:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1903193/posts Washington DC, Sep 27, 2007 / 10:18 am (CNA).- The oldest Catholic university in the nation has changed its policy to permit grants to law students who intern with abortion agencies, such as Planned Parenthood. Law Center Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff of Georgetown University announced the policy change Sept. 7 in a letter published in the Law Center's student newspaper. It was reported in The Hoya, the Georgetown University newspaper. The decision came after the Law Center got flack from pro-abortion students and faculty for directing student group Equal Justice Foundation to refuse funding to a student who applied to... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1903193/posts#comment Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:16:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714894/posts Bit h/t to the Commenters at Just One Minute. We bloggers owe our best work to their diligence and tenacity. The following is a complilation of some what they found so far, of what just may be the key to getting to the bottom of a Democratic conspiracy in the Foley Setup. As I previously posted here, there apparently was a promise of a book deal to pages by a Robin Kasaros. Googling her name brought about useful information such as she hosted “House Parties” back in 2005. No, not where you sell Tupperware, but the kind that like to... Macsminds http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714894/posts#comment Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:24:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1692636/posts Georgetown University has rediscovered its Catholicism. The nation’s oldest Catholic school, the flagship of Jesuit education in America, has been a sad topic among American Catholics for some time now. Crucifixes removed from classrooms, a lay president, pro-abortion activity, a general embarrassment at religion. Indeed, over the years, Georgetown has been perhaps the clearest example of what many such schools practice: the whipsaw of “Catholic tradition,” in which the strongest declarations of Catholic identity come from the fund-raisers, the alumni association, and the public-relations office—all the people trying to sell the university in a tight economic situation that requires a... First Things Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1692636/posts#comment Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:26:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1690598/posts Georgetown University has banned outside Protestant ministries from holding on-campus events and using the school's name, prompting group leaders to question whether the prestigious Catholic school is restricting religious choice. "All we're wanting is diversity," said Kevin Offner, a staff leader for InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship. "We're simply saying, 'Can't we worship and conduct our meetings in a way appropriate to our tradition?' And it feels like [Georgetown is] saying 'no.' " In a letter last week to leaders of the campus's Affiliated Ministries, the Rev. Constance C. Wheeler, a Georgetown Protestant chaplain, said that "as a result of our... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1690598/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:36:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639599/posts This is the third of my speeches on the challenges facing the international community. In the first, I argued that the global terrorism that menaces us, can only be defeated through pulling it up by its roots. We have to attack not just its methods but its ideas, its presumed and false sense of grievance against the West, its attempt to persuade us that it is we and not they who are responsible for its violence. In doing so, we should stand up for our own values, asserting that they are not Western but global values, whose spread is the... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639599/posts#comment Sun, 28 May 2006 06:05:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636171/posts WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Sunday that he was seeking greater consensus on the Supreme Court, adding that more consensus would be likely if controversial issues could be decided on the "narrowest possible grounds." In a 15-minute address to Georgetown University law graduates, Chief Justice Roberts, 51, sketched a vision for leading a court sharply divided on issues like abortion, the death penalty and gay rights. "If it is not necessary to decide more to a case, then in my view it is necessary not to decide more to a case," Chief Justice... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636171/posts#comment Mon, 22 May 2006 07:27:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1599160/posts NCAA Tournament Games TIME (ET) 12:10 PM ET No. 13 Bradley at No. 5 Pittsburgh 2:15 PM ET No. 9 Bucknell at No. 1 Memphis 2:20 PM ET No. 11 George Mason at No. 3 UNC 2:30 PM ET No. 8 Kentucky at No. 1 Connecticut 2:40 PM ET No. 14 Northwestern St. at No. 6 WV 4:45 PM ET No. 10 N.C. State at No. 2 Texas 4:50 PM ET No. 7 Georgetown at No. 2 Ohio State 5:00 PM ET No. 8 Arizona at No. 1 Villanova http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1599160/posts#comment Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:10:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1598205/posts Today's schedule: 12:15 PM ET (15)Davidson (2)Ohio State 12:25 PM ET (14)Northwestern St. (3)Iowa 12:30 PM ET (9)Bucknell (8)Arkansas 12:30 PM ET (9)Wisconsin (8)Arizona 2:35 PM ET (10)Northern Iowa (7)Georgetown 2:45 PM ET (11)Southern Illinois (6)West Virginia 2:50 PM ET (16)Oral Roberts (1)Memphis 2:50 PM ET (16)Monmouth (N.J.) (1)Villanova 7:10 PM ET (12)Kent State (5)Pittsburgh 7:10 PM ET (11)George Mason (6)Michigan State 7:20 PM ET (10)N.C. State (7)California 7:25 PM ET (16)Albany (1)Connecticut 9:30 PM ET (13)Bradley (4)Kansas 9:30 PM ET (14)Murray State (3)North Carolina 9:40 PM ET (15)Pennsylvania (2)Texas 9:45 PM ET (9)UAB (8)Kentucky http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1598205/posts#comment Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:12:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598024/posts It’s been two weeks since the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) held its Fifth Annual Divestment Conference at Georgetown University.  A few articles have briefly discussed some of the seminars at the conference and what outwardly occurred there. But the major thing missing in all these reports -- that this article will reveal -- was the importance of what occurred behind the scenes just before, after and during the Georgetown divestment conference that really shows the current state of the ISM as a movement on US campuses. But before doing that, a little history is in order: Three years ago, I went... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598024/posts#comment Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:58:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595698/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor used a speech at Georgetown University to attack pro-life lawmakers who sided with Terri Schiavo's parents in their efforts to prevent their daughter's euthanasia death. She claimed a Congressional effort to have federal courts review the case was a first step towards a dictatorship. O'Connor, who backs abortion, announced her retirement last year and was recently replaced by federal appeals court judge Samuel Alito, who pro-life advocates hope will be more open to upholding laws that protect the right to life. "We must be ever-vigilant against those who would... LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595698/posts#comment Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577064/posts This month Georgetown University plans to host the annual conference of an anti-Israel propaganda group called the Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM). The PSM certainly is controversial. It is also dangerous. The purported aim of the PSM is to encourage divestment from Israel. To this end, its conferences boast a cavalcade of anti-Israel speakers whose speeches often degenerate into anti-Semitism. At the 2004 conference at Duke University in North Carolina, for example, keynote speaker Mazin Qumsiyeh referred to Zionism as a "disease." Workshop leader Bob Brown deemed the Six-Day War "the Jew War of '67." Not to be outdone, Nasser Abufarha... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577064/posts#comment Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:02:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556680/posts This week, Georgetown University began announcing the Fifth Annual Student Palestine Solidarity Conference on the University’s website using the same rhetoric that Duke University used in announcing a similar event almost two years ago. The Conference is being billed as a testimonial to the exercise of "freedom of speech" and the participants are telling everyone they are "peace activists" even though they refuse to condemn terrorism. And, in true form, Al-Awda, one of the main organizations of the ISM, immediately dispatched an open email to its membership. The following email was sent out as an “open letter” by Al Awda... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556680/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556075/posts Georgetown U's Terror ConferenceBy Lee KaplanFrontPageMagazine.com | January 11, 2006 This week, Georgetown University began announcing the Fifth Annual Student Palestine Solidarity Conference on the University’s website using the same rhetoric that Duke University used in announcing a similar event almost two years ago. The Conference is being billed as a testimonial to the exercise of "freedom of speech" and the participants are tellng everyone they are "peace activists" even though they refuse to condemn terrorism. And, in true form, Al-Awda, one of the main organizations of the ISM, immediately dispatched an open email to its membership. The following email was sent out as an... FrontPageMagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556075/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552975/posts Last month Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talat made a serious investment in the education of American youth. He paid Harvard and Georgetown Universities $20 million each to fertilise their ivy curriculum with Islam. It was vital, he said, because "Bridging the understanding between East and West is important for peace and tolerance.” Back at Ground Zero in 2001, Al-Waleed embedded himself with Rudi Giuliani’s entourage. And, as they salvaged 291 intact bodies and 19,500 body parts from the massive bloody wreckage, he handed over $10 million and released a statement. The statement did not refer to the fact that most... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552975/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552949/posts Georgetown University was built with a Catholic and Jesuit identity. This bit of information is proudly displayed on the school’s website. But like Bethlehem in Israel, that identity is quickly being lost to a radical strain of Islam, as a counter-terror symposium has been abandoned and a pro-terror conference has been confirmed. Indeed, one of America’s most prestigious universities appears to be under siege. Fearing violent reprisal from militant Muslim members of their student body, the school’s conference center rejected an educational symposium being hosted by America’s Truth Forum (formerly the People’s Truth Forum), a non-partisan, fact-based organization whose sole... FrontPage Magazine. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552949/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:25:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550338/posts Q: You just gave $20 million to Harvard and another $20 million to Georgetown to advance the study of Islam, and some are concerned that you are trying to increase the on-campus influence of the Saudi royal family, of which you are reportedly the single wealthiest member. I don't have control, and I don't want control. Period. They approached us with a proposal. Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, University of Michigan and several of the Ivy Leagues. [...] Since you're said to be worth more than $20 billion, with major holdings in Four Seasons Hotels, Saks Fifth Avenue and Murdoch's... NY Slimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550338/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jan 2006 22:26:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548593/posts Georgetown's Jihad By Lee KaplanFrontPageMagazine.com | December 29, 2005Never let it be said that the American college educational system ever missed an opportunity to promote the aims of terrorists and their allies when it came to money. Stop the ISM has received notification that the Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM), the name the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) uses for its member groups in the United States, is going to have its fifth annual conference at a major American university-this time Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The following announcement was put out to ISM activists in the United States: Palestine Solidarity... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548593/posts#comment Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543337/posts There's one good thing about the news that Alwaleed bin Talal, the richest Saudi prince in the world, just bought Harvard and Georgetown universities -- or, at least buried them up to their ivy in $40 million. It gives everybody reason to relive a McAuliffe moment. McAuliffe, of course, was Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, who, in response to a Nazi invitation to surrender during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, sent back a one-word reply: "NUTS." In kindred spirit, but in a very different war, Rudy Giuliani gave the United States a McAuliffe moment after he realized that Mr. Alwaleed's... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543337/posts#comment Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541175/posts Waging jihad with $$$s By Stan Goodenough December 14th, 2005 Why would a Saudi Arabian prince give $40 million in grants to two prestigious American universities? And why choose Harvard as one of them? These conundrums had news anchors in the United States speculating wildly Wednesday morning. Fox News’ Alan Colmes suggested that Prince Ali Walid Bin-Talal – who the liberal co-host of the popular Hannity & Colmes show called “a friend of America” – had made the generous gesture in order to encourage the creation of an environment in which young Americans could learn more about the “true nature”... www.jnewswire.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541175/posts#comment Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:43:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1539993/posts Georgetown University, the Jesuit college in Washington DC, received a $20 million dollar donation for the school's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. From Wednesday's Arab News: Kingdom Holding Company Chairman Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal announced yesterday his donation of $20 million to Georgetown University to support and expand its Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (CMCU). The Center, part of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown, is an international leader in inter-religious scholarship and research, in particular Islamic studies and Muslim-Christian relations. The center will be renamed The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. And just who... Marathon Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1539993/posts#comment Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:15:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1539487/posts $40M to Spread Islam in US Colleges Four years after September 11, the Saudi prince whose poisoned gift was turned down by Rudy Giuliani is handing over $40M to Harvard and Georgetown Universities. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BOSTON - A Saudi prince believed to be the wealthiest businessman in the Muslim world has donated $40 million for Harvard and Georgetown to expand their Islamic studies programs, the schools announced Monday. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, who gave $20 million to each university, is a nephew of the late King Fahd and worth upward of $20 billion, according to Forbes... Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1539487/posts#comment Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539348/posts A Saudi prince believed to be the wealthiest businessman in the Muslim world has donated $40 million for Harvard and Georgetown to expand their Islamic studies programs, the schools announced Monday. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, who gave $20 million to each university, is a nephew of the late King Fahd and worth upward of $20 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which ranked him fifth on its 2005 list of the world's billionaires. Harvard and Georgetown officials said they will use the gifts to add faculty and scholarships and expand their Islamic studies curricula. Governor Won't Block Williams' Execution Are... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539348/posts#comment Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:29:25 GMT